Posted by admin on 10/28/07 in Cyclist Incidents
Bromley Times: Wheelchair fears for attacked cyclist
A cyclist may be permanently disabled after being pushed off his bike by a motorist. Tony Barrett, 59, was pushed “with both hands” by a passenger who leaned out of a car window in Shire Lane, Farnborough, last Sunday lunchtime. He was taken to Princess Royal University Hospital, Farnborough [...]
Posted by admin on 10/26/07 in Cyclist Incidents
WBTV.com: Cyclist Remembered in South Charlotte
More than thirty cyclists followed a hearse Wednesday morning as it carried another cyclist who was killed in Lancaster County last weekend. A funeral service was held for Lee Anne Barry at Church at Charlotte. The cyclists rode all the way from Barry’s home in Waxhaw to the church on [...]
Posted by admin on 10/26/07 in Cyclist Incidents
Idaho News: Hundreds ride in memory of cyclist hit by Hummer
Hundreds of cyclists from the Treasure Valley united Wednesday for a silent ride to show their respect and sympathy to Sarah Howard and her family. Howard was hit and killed last Friday by a driver in a Hummer while riding her bike near the intersection [...]
Posted by admin on 10/26/07 in Cyclist Incidents
The Oregonian: Memorial planned for cyclist killed earlier this week
A memorial bike ride is planned for the cyclist who was killed in a Northeast Portland wreck this week. Riders will leave at 5 p.m. Monday from the Northwest Thurman Street entrance to Forest Park. Organizers say slick, narrow road bike tires are not recommended for [...]
Posted by admin on 10/26/07 in Cyclist Incidents
MLive.com: Bicycle-safety advocate dies
After struggling for decades to overcome a childhood brain injury, Lee Anne Barry discovered a passion bicycling cross-county to advocate safe riding — and died doing it. While she was biking Sunday afternoon in South Carolina’s Lancaster County, an SUV struck the 43-year-old Jackson native. She died several hours later in a [...]
Posted by admin on 10/25/07 in Cyclist Incidents
The Oregonian: Cyclist cruised through life with smiles and skill, pals say
Brett Jarolimek was such a skilled cyclist, friends say, that he made steering down steep mountain bike trails or handling messy cyclocross courses look easy. But it was a short paved downhill stretch on Portland’s North Interstate Avenue where the 31-year-old lost his [...]
Posted by admin on 10/25/07 in Cyclist Incidents
Missoulian: Driver who killed cyclist sentenced
The Missoula man who fatally crashed his car into a 50-year-old bicyclist before fleeing the scene last April was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in the Montana State Prison, the maximum punishment allowed by law. Anthony Michael Dailey, 23, admitted last month to a felony count of vehicular homicide while [...]
Posted by admin on 10/25/07 in Cyclist Incidents, Traffic Safety Issues
The State: Cycling deaths spark outcry – Perceptions, not just laws, must change to improve safety, riders say
The deaths of two experienced cyclists on a fundraising ride in Lancaster County could provide the impetus for pending legislation aimed at making the state’s roads safer for cyclists. But cycling enthusiasts say new laws alone would have [...]
Posted by admin on 10/25/07 in Cyclist Incidents, Ride of Silence
Montanas News Station.com: Cyclists to hold ‘Ride of Silence’ to honor rider, increase awareness
Cyclists in Idaho’s capital are planning a slow, silent ride on Wednesday in honor of a 48-year-old woman killed last week when she was struck from behind by a sport-utility vehicle. Sarah Howard was killed Friday by a Hummer as she [...]
Posted by admin on 10/25/07 in Cyclist Incidents, Opinion Pieces/Articles
Blue Oregon: Open season on bicycles
Yesterday, another Portland bicyclist died for no reason other than a big truck neglected to take care when turning — and because our bike lanes are safe only when the nearest motorized vehicle is at least two blocks away.
A cyclist was killed in North Portland on Monday after being pinned [...]